NATIONAL LEAGUE Edmonds leads Cardinals to 6-3 win against Reds to hold NL Central lead

He drove in four runs with a homer and double, and had a big catch in center.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI -- Jim Edmonds drove in four runs with a homer and a double and made another sensational catch atop the centerfield wall, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-3 victory Saturday over the Cincinnati Reds.
The Cardinals' first victory in six games at Great American Ball Park kept them in first place in the NL Central. They started the day tied with Houston.
St. Louis also got back its leadoff hitter. Fernando Vina was activated off the disabled list and singled in four at-bats. Vina had been out since he tore a tendon connected to his right hamstring on May 25, requiring surgery.
Brett Tomko (11-8) beat his former team for the first time in five career starts, giving up three runs in 52/3 innings. Tomko was bitter when the Reds traded him to Seattle in 2000 in the deal for Ken Griffey Jr.
The right-hander has given up the most hits, runs and homers in the NL, but prevented Cincinnati from putting together a big rally. In each of the Cardinals' last seven losses, they've allowed opponents to have one big inning.
Four relievers combined to hold the lead, with Jason Isringhausen pitching the ninth for his 16th save in 17 chances.
Edmonds hit a two-run homer in the first off Aaron Harang (3-2) to get the Cardinals rolling. He has 34 homers overall, 10 of them in the first inning.
ST. LOUISCINCINNATI
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Stcchi p0000Olmedo ph1000
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Totals346105Totals373123
St. Louis203000001--6
Cincinnati021000000--3
E--Stinnett (2). DP--St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 2. LOB--St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 10. 2B--Edmonds (31), Taguchi (3), Freel (3), Branyan (6), Hummel (2). HR--Edmonds (34), Renteria (13). SB--Pujols (3). S--Tomko.
IPHRERBBSO
St. Louis
Tomko W,11-85 2-393324
Simontacchi1-300000
Kline2-320001
DeJean1 1-300011
Isrnghs S,16110001
Cincinnati
Harang L,3-2685422
PNorton100000
Randall100002
Reith121100
Umpires--Home, Mike Everitt; First, Jim Wolf; Second, Scott Nelson; Third, Larry Young. T--2:40. A--39,380.
Astros 11, Padres 6
HOUSTON -- Lance Berkman and Morgan Ensberg homered, and Jared Fernandez pitched six solid innings in Houston's victory over San Diego.
Fernandez (2-3) allowed one run and five hits as he snapped a personal three-game losing streak. The knuckleballer struck out two and walked only one. The Astros used four pitchers in the Padres' five-run seventh inning but held.
Billy Wagner pitched 11/3 innings for his 36th save in 39 chances.
SAN DIEGOHOUSTON
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Jarvis p1000Gallo p0000
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San Diego000100500--6
Houston04100204x--11
E--Burroughs (10), Ojeda (6). LOB--San Diego 9, Houston 10. 2B--BGiles (31), JVizcaino (7), Hidalgo (33). HR--Berkman (23), Ensberg (20). S--Jarvis. SF--Klesko.
IPHRERBBSO
San Diego
Jarvis L,4-75 1-377732
JRoa2-310011
Hackman1 2-322210
KWalker001110
Witasick011130
MMatthews1-300000
Houston
JFernandez W,2-3651112
Lidge024410
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Gallo1-300000
Dotel100011
BWagner S,371 1-310001
KWalker pitched to 1 batter in the 8th, Witasick pitched to 4 batters in the 8th, Lidge pitched to 4 batters in the 7th.
HBP--by Hackman (Bagwell), by BWagner (Loretta), by Lidge (Ojeda). WP--Lidge. Umpires--Home, Dan Iassogna; First, Angel Hernandez; Second, Marty Foster; Third, Fieldin Culbreth. T--3:21. A--33,641.
Phillies 4, Mets 2
NEW YORK -- Randy Wolf, coming off the worst start of his career, handcuffed the New York Mets for seven innings.
The win kept the Phillies tied with Florida in the NL wild-card race.
The Phillies bunched four singles against Tom Glavine (9-12) to break a 2-2 tie in the seventh.
Marlon Byrd started the rally with a hit and raced to third on a hit-and-run single by Placido Polanco. Then RBI hits by Mike Lieberthal and Jason Michaels finished Glavine, who allowed 11 hits.
PHILANEW YORK
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Philadelphia000020200--4
New York000200000--2
DP--Philadelphia 1. LOB--Philadelphia 9, New York 4. 2B--Burrell (27), Rollins 2 (35). 3B--Byrd (3). HR--JPhillips (11). SB--Utley (1). S--Duncan.
IPHRERBBSO
Philadelphia
Wolf W,13-9762216
Cormier100001
Mesa S,23100000
New York
Glavine L,9-126 2-3114415
GRoberts1-300000
Wheeler1 2-300002
Stanton1-300000
HBP--by Wheeler (Utley). Umpires--Home, Mike Winters; First, Ron Kulpa; Second, Doug Eddings; Third, Bruce Froemming. T--2:42. A--26,769.